Alright, I give in... I am working on a project to redesign the company intranet site and im going to "design" it with CSS. Can anyone point me to a physical hard copy book that is a good read that will help get me up to speed?
Also, need some help. I have my main container, which I want 700px wide, centered on the screen. I got that no problem. Now what I need to do is put 3 DIV's of equal size (226px) into the top row. But I keep getting one on top of the other. I know this is freakin basic, but I know squat about CSS and using DIV's .... save me from tables, anyone point me to a good book and provide me with a little help with this? Thanks!
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>center contents</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {text-align:center;}
#container {margin:0 auto; width:700px; text-align:left; border:1px solid red;overflow:auto;}
.trio {float:left;width:33%;border:1px solid blue;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div class="trio">left</div>
<div class="trio">center</div>
<div class="trio">right</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
I don't read books.Here are my book recommendations:
Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide. Eric Meyer. O'Reilly Media, 2004. ISBN 0-596-00525-3
Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook. Dan Cederholm. Apress, 2004. ISBN 1-59059-381-2
The Zen of CSS Design. Dave Shea and Molly E. Holzschlag. Peachpit Press, 2005. ISBN 0-321-30347-4
Good Luck!
KDLAI learned CSS by reading stuff online and by using the Practical CSS reference (I think that's what it is called.. It has a waterfall on the front). The Zen of CSS Design would be a good purchase, though.Im almost tempted to post my code, you guys would get a horribly good laugh over it.
Cederholm's book is a great tutorial and cookbook in one.Good book: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-CSS21-20050613/I">http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-CSS21-20050613/I</a><!-- m --> use books only for reference. I learn by doing - and from stuff online.
Also, need some help. I have my main container, which I want 700px wide, centered on the screen. I got that no problem. Now what I need to do is put 3 DIV's of equal size (226px) into the top row. But I keep getting one on top of the other. I know this is freakin basic, but I know squat about CSS and using DIV's .... save me from tables, anyone point me to a good book and provide me with a little help with this? Thanks!
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>center contents</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {text-align:center;}
#container {margin:0 auto; width:700px; text-align:left; border:1px solid red;overflow:auto;}
.trio {float:left;width:33%;border:1px solid blue;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div class="trio">left</div>
<div class="trio">center</div>
<div class="trio">right</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
I don't read books.Here are my book recommendations:
Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide. Eric Meyer. O'Reilly Media, 2004. ISBN 0-596-00525-3
Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook. Dan Cederholm. Apress, 2004. ISBN 1-59059-381-2
The Zen of CSS Design. Dave Shea and Molly E. Holzschlag. Peachpit Press, 2005. ISBN 0-321-30347-4
Good Luck!
KDLAI learned CSS by reading stuff online and by using the Practical CSS reference (I think that's what it is called.. It has a waterfall on the front). The Zen of CSS Design would be a good purchase, though.Im almost tempted to post my code, you guys would get a horribly good laugh over it.
Cederholm's book is a great tutorial and cookbook in one.Good book: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-CSS21-20050613/I">http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-CSS21-20050613/I</a><!-- m --> use books only for reference. I learn by doing - and from stuff online.